# McDonald's Ad : "You better don't," **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2004, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700 "2004-09-16T15:26:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/21 "2004-09-18T14:03:37Z")
I haven’t seen the commercial; but when I was a kid my dad would occasionally say “You better don’t!” I’m under the impression that “You better don’t” is a joke phrase, like “I shoulda stood in bed”. Until seeing this thread, I never heard of any racial connection. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/22 "2004-09-18T14:50:48Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > I haven’t seen the commercial; but when I was a kid my dad would occasionally say “You better don’t!” I’m under the impression that “You better don’t” is a joke phrase, like “I shoulda stood in bed”. Until seeing this thread, I never heard of any racial connection. _Thank TF you_! Can’t a black person do _anything_ without being black to you people? A black person can make a language joke without it having anything to do with “ebonics”. And you won’t see the commercial. They changed it now because everybody is stupid. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/23 "2004-09-18T15:51:39Z")
I am much more annoyed by the concept that possessing McD Chicken Selects turns you into a raving, paranoid lunatic. There’s no way I’d ever buy a food that does that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/24 "2004-09-19T05:25:54Z")
I think it does make you paranoid, though. I was reading this thread and got confused, nay alarmed, when I saw responses to comments that _didn’t exist_! … Until the very aptly named **Chronos** explained what happened with the timestamps, that is. 😃 (BTW? Those chicken selects are freakin’ _amazing_. Try 'em with the ranch dressing, they’ll make your toes curl!) ---
**Author:** ![blowero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/41988e/32.png) [@blowero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blowero)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/25 "2004-09-19T08:55:45Z")
> [@pizzabrat](#): > > And you won’t see the commercial. They changed it now because everybody is stupid. They changed it to, “Ah sure does loves me some fried chickens, boss.” ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/26 "2004-09-19T14:15:17Z")
I have seen another version where the flight attendant scoops up the chicken strips and dumps them in his trash bag, before she says the dreaded, “You better don’t!” She just gives him a shocked look, as if to say, “How dare you throw away my chicken strips!” (as if it’s haute cuisine) I wonder if they made the two versions, figuring people would be offended by the horrible grammar. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/27 "2004-09-19T15:57:58Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > I am much more annoyed by the concept that possessing McD Chicken Selects turns you into a raving, paranoid lunatic. There’s no way I’d ever buy a food that does that. :eek: I thought the message was that the chicken strips are a cheap way to get very high. Just what _do_ they put in the breading? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700/28 "2004-09-19T17:35:23Z")
Actually, the government created the Mc Donald’s chicken strips to control the black population. By making them freak out at the thought of losing their chicken strips, the black population is now held by their very, very big balls by the government and its evil affliates - namely Mc Donalds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mcdonalds-ad-you-better-dont/264700.md?page=1)